Again, this is a fanfiction of a fanfiction called "To Be Good" by Kizmet, and of course, I do not own any of the Blue Exorcist characters, just my wonderful OCs!
"FREEZE!" A voice rang out, and guns were leveled at the two demonesses. The reinforcements had arrived. Katiana's whole demeanor changed in an instant. A fearsome aura exuded from her form. In a battle ready stance, she glared at the exorcists around her, causing some to take a few steps back. Angel strode forward, ignoring the quiet protests of the exwires.
"Hell Queen, you are under arrest by order of the Vatican," he stated firmly, pushing all other thoughts out of his mind. Did it really matter if it had just saved them? It was a demon, all demons have angles and agendas, it could've even set up the whole thing. No, his orders were the only thing that mattered. The only thing he could count on. He drew his sword, and her gaze narrowed sharply, gold flashing in her green eyes, a snarl forming deep in her throat.
"You will come with us demon." There was utter disdain in his voice, and it irritated the demoness. She glanced at Mira, and realized that teaching this man some manners would have to wait. Brandishing her sword, she made a long slash in the air, seemingly at nothing, but a gash in the very air appeared, and the one and only Hell Queen shoved Mira through the portal, before leaping into it herself, bullets flying everywhere.
"Damn…" Lightening muttered, eyes wide. Two of the most powerful demons they had seen had just escaped… and they still hadn't managed to find the damn portal. What were they going to tell the Vatican?
"Katiana, you should let me look at those wounds…" Mira trailed off as she noticed where they were. Mira gasped.
"This is amazing! Where are we?" Katiana smiled tiredly.
"This is my base of operations. We are about two hundred feet below the mountain range, and there's no way in except for my portals, so here." She manifested a small, elegant blade with a pearly white handle.
"You can use this to create your own portals, you just have to focus – really focus - on where you're going. If you don't have a place in mind the portal will just dump you back here," she explained, vanishing her armor to reveal a tight fitting, long-sleeve, black shirt with a very short collar, and the end of the sleeves connected in between her index finger and her middle finger, and somewhat looser black combat pants. Her shirt was wet, and it didn't take Mira long to figure out that it was blood.
"I'm so sorry Kat…" she trailed off miserably, tears forming in her eyes again. Mira shook her head determinedly. "At least let me fix it up for you."
"No reason to bother, it's about healed anyway," Katiana replied, using her powers to fix the damage to her shirt.
"But…"
"Mira, I know you're an amazing healer, and but you don't have to worry about me. The others, they are definitely going to need your help."
"There are others here? I couldn't sense any…"
"Not yet, but there will be. We are going to free them all Mira," Katiana said fiercely, a determined light in her eyes. "And we will keep my father out of Assiah. Whatever the cost."
In the weeks that followed, Hell's one and only Queen seemed to be everywhere. All over the globe reports of her presence were increasing by the day. The hordes of demon seemed to lessen, every so slightly, and with the powerful demoness taking on every high level demon that came through the portals, the exorcists suffered a lot less casualties. They were still very busy with the lower level demons, but it did allow them to catch their breath a bit.
"What is its agenda? I know you know more than what you're letting on!" Angel asked furiously, slamming his fist down onto Mephisto's desk.
"What did that desk ever do to you?" Lightening teased half-heartedly. Angel simply glared in response, and turned his attention back to Mephisto. Mephisto merely smirked.
"I don't know why you're so upset, she's definitely making your jobs easier. And I truly don't know her agenda, I sincerely doubt she would ever consider talking to me for any purpose other than to kill me."
"And why would she want to kill you?" Lightening queried. Mephisto shrugged.
"It's much too long of a story to get into now. Suffice to say my darling sister and I are not on the best of terms."
"I don't understand it… " Angel trailed off, a look of severe frustration on his normally stoic face, as he turned on his heel and walked out.
"You are going to give yourself a headache," Lightening teased, finally catching up to him.
"I just don't understand! Why would this demon hunt down other demons? What could it possibly gain? And why hasn't it attacked any humans yet? None of this makes any sense!"
"All this from the man who told me not to think – just follow orders. That sounds like an awful lot of thinking friend. I'm surprised there's not smoke coming out of your ears," Lightening chuckled. Angel straightened.
"Our orders are either capture or kill. That's at least simple enough," he muttered, walking away from Lightening.
Back with the exwires…
"Aaaah! It's so nice to get a little time off!" Shima said, stretching his hands above his head, trying to sneakily put an arm around Shiemi. Amaimon quickly knocked his arm away, glaring at him over his lollipop. Shima smiled unabashedly. Izumo rolled her eyes. They were out in an unused courtyard at the school, as they all felt the need to get out of the dorm for a bit.
"The sunset's really pretty," Shiemi said to no one in particular. And it really was spectacular, a vivid, fiery orange-red with light purple-blue clouds. Bon and Rin looked up from where they were sparring.
"Huh, yeah I guess it is," Rin said. Konekomeru looked up from his book with a sigh of contentment. It was so nice for everything to be peaceful, just for a little while. Amaimon butted into their sparring, saying he wanted to play with little brother now, only to be thwarted by Shiemi. Their good-natured bickering made Izumo smile and roll her eyes once more. Suddenly a shiver went up her spine as she sensed something was not right. She noticed Amaimon and Rin were both uneasily looking around as well. The wind picked up, and it suddenly seemed much colder. Trying to break the sudden tension, Shiemi smiled.
"W-why don't we go back to the dorms guys?" she stuttered. Suddenly a dark, malevolent laugh rang out.
"Oh I don't think you'll be going anywhere," a sinister voice said. A dark form appeared in from of Rin. Konekomeru gasped – it looked just like the demon from the train station. It smiled widely.
"Hello, son of Satan."
"Guys get away from here!" Rin yelled, drawing his katana and wakizashi.
"Like hell we're leaving you here Okumura!" Bon yelled back, trying to get to his gun.
"None of that now you Myodhan brat," the dark figure tutted, using the shadows around them to toss the gun away. Izumo quickly called up her familiars, and Shiemi tried to box the demon in, but it easily melted through the foliage like acid. Shima batted several shadows away with his staff, and the dark figure paused, drawing shadows towards him to form a more human-like figure.
"Son of Satan… you're powers will be mine," he promised Rin.
"Go to hell!" Rin snarled back. The dark figure simply laughed and lunged at him, only to be blocked by the Paladin's blade.
"You exwires just can't stay out of trouble, can you?" Angel muttered. The dark figure recoiled angrily, and sent out a torrent of shadows. Shima, Angel, Rin, and Izumo's familiars fought furiously, but Rin was getting pretty torn up. Shadows kept slipping past his guard, slashing him, then darting away before he could return the favor. He felt his head spinning as the shadowy figure laughed triumphantly.
"That's right boy, give me your soul…" it whispered from somewhere in Rin's mind. Rin felt a fire return to his thoughts as Izumo drew Kurikara.
"Like hell!" he replied furiously, hacking and slashing away. Suddenly all the tendrils withdrew, and gathered up together. They had a moment to gape as the flood of shadows rained down upon them. Rin desperately burnt the shadows away with his flames, creating a path behind him that sheltered his friends, but it wasn't enough to keep the shadows from engulfing him. He slowly felt his fire being sucked away, despite all his struggles. Angel dove to rescue the boy, but was blocked by a wall of shadow. Suddenly the dark figure shrieked out in pain and let go of Rin. Rin yelped as he was dropped so suddenly, and was shocked at what he saw. Hell's one and only Queen stood over him, sword drawn.
"Stay back, he's a soul-eater," she commanded, and jumped into the fight, hacking and slashing just like at the train station. This new demon was much stronger though, several of its shadows hardening like blades, parrying the demoness's strokes. Suddenly the figure sent a wave of shadows towards the exwires. She desperately blocked, taking a heavy hit and getting thrown into the wall. The dark figure laughed as she staggered up from the rubble.
"Oh my, my, someone hasn't been taking care of herself," he chuckled. Katiana wiped blood from the corner of her mouth, and lunged at him again. He smiled, and sent another barrage of shadows towards the exwires. Angel slashed through them, running in front of the defensive circle the exwires had created to protect Rin, but there was one he couldn't avoid. The exwires gasped, but there was nothing they could do – they were all tied up defending their position from the other shadows – so all they could do was watch in horror as the sharp-edged shadow headed straight for the Paladin and Rin. There was a blur of movement just before the shadows struck. The Paladin tensed, but the blow never came, he looked up to see the demoness standing in front of them, a dark spear through her gut. She gasped , arching her back with pain as she pulled the shadow spear out of her. The shadow had actually pierced her armor. Fury coursed through her veins as the dark figure laughed sinisterly.
"Enough games," she said, and erected a shining barrier of golden fire that encircled the exwires and the Paladin. Painfully, she straightened, and looked the figure dead in the eye.
"Is it true that you hold every soul you've ever taken? Or do they just disappear once you've taken them?" The figure looked taken aback at the question.
"Why would we let a soul simply disappear? Our power comes from the pain these souls endure – and they endure it for all eternity! As yours soon…"
"Thank you," she said, interrupting his threats. He looked puzzled. The Hell Queen smiled fiercely.
"You just told me everything I need to know. To free those souls, all I have to do is end you, isn't that correct?" She asked.
"Don't get ahead of yourself my Queen," he sneered. "Or have you forgotten, I've beaten you before, I won't hesitate to do so again." A dark smile curved the woman's lips.
"I've been looking to pay you back for what you stole that day Eivan. Now," her smile turned absolutely terrifying. "I've finally found you."
Thank you so much for reading! I'm sorry there's so many battle scenes - I promise there will be more normal scenes in the future! As always, I'd love to hear what you think, so please review!